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VS 10, 198 (P343003)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 10, 198 |
|---|---|
| ID | P343003 |
| Museum no. | VAT 05448 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [u₃-u₈]-⸢a ama⸣-gan u₃-u₈-a dumu-ni | Woe, mother, woe, her child! |
| 2 | [x]-e u₃-u₈-a ama-gan u₃-u₈-a dumu-ni | ... woe the mother, woe her child! |
| 3 | ⸢x⸣-saŋ ga-ša-an-mug-ga u₃-u₈-a ama-gan u₃-u₈-a dumu-ni | Gašanmuga, oh mother! Oh her child! |
| 4 | [(x)]-⸢x⸣ ga-ša-an-hur-saŋ-ŋa₂ u₃-u₈-a ama-gan u₃-u₈-a dumu-ni | ... Gašanhursa, woe the mother! woe her child! |
| 5 | [ama]-gan ama {d}li₉-si₄ u₃-u₈-a ama-gan u₃-u₈-a dumu-ni | The child-bearing mother, mother Lisi, woe, the child-born mother woe her child! |
| 6 | [x] en imin ug₅-ga-ŋu₁₀ | ... the seven lords who were killed |
| 7 | [dam] tuku-tuku dam nu-tuku-ŋu₁₀ | who has a wife, who has no wife |
| 8 | [dumu] ⸢u₃⸣-tu dumu nu-tuku-ŋu₁₀ | son of E’etu, son of Untukubu |
| 9 | [x] ⸢DU⸣-zu-ra dumu tu-ud-da-ŋu₁₀ | the ... of your temple, the son born |
| 10 | [a₂] ⸢dara₃ dumu⸣ sug-e gu₇-a-ŋu₁₀ | labor of the ēšara plant, the son of the sug plant, eaten |
| 11 | [x] ⸢ur⸣-saŋ-e ⸢ge₁₆⸣-le-eŋ₃-ŋu₁₀ | The ... of the ur-house, the ešele temple |
| 12 | [x] ⸢anše⸣ ni-is-⸢kum GABA⸣ de₅-de₅-ga-ŋu₁₀ | “I want to bring you the ešēmtu-house, the nišēkum-house that is to be brought to me. |
| 13 | [kir₁₁] ⸢tur sila₄⸣ ur-re ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢kar⸣-ra-ŋu₁₀ | The young female lambs of the enemy(?) ... the ēru-house |
| 14 | [ab₂] ⸢amar⸣-bi [ur]-⸢e⸣ dab₅-ba-ŋu₁₀ | Its calf, Ur-E-e, was captured. |
| 15 | [x x] ⸢amar⸣ sug-e ⸢gu₇⸣-a-ŋu₁₀ | ... a marsh eats the marsh |
| 16 | [ki lu₂-kur₂]-⸢ra⸣ ba-an-ze₂-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ŋu₁₀ | from Lu-kura’e was given over |
| 17 | [...]-⸢bi⸣ dumu dili-ŋu₁₀ mu-un-da-an-gi₄-a-na | When ..., the single son, returned to him |
| 18 | [ama]-⸢gan⸣ me-en mu-lu lul ŋar-ra me-en še lul su-ub-ba me-⸢en⸣ | I am the mother-in-law, I am a man of falsehood. I am one who falsely dwells in the shadows. |
| 19 | [...] dumu zid lu-lu ⸢an⸣-na me-en | ... you are the righteous child of the Eanna temple |
| 20 | [...] ⸢x⸣-a ki su₁₃-ga me-en | I am the ... of the Ea temple, a distant place |
| 21 | [in]-⸢tu⸣-ud in-tu-ud dumu-gi₇ in-tu-ud ta in-tu-ud-da-[ŋu₁₀] | She gave birth, she gave birth to a child, what did she give birth to? |
| 22 | [in]-peš₁₃ in-peš₁₃ dumu-gi₇ in-peš₁₃ ta in-peš₁₃-a-ŋu₁₀ | (Sum) He ..., he ... the young man, what did he make of it? (Akk) He made the young woman ... and made her young man ... |
| 23 | [ama]-⸢gan⸣ tu-ud-da peš₁₃-a-ŋu₁₀ ta šu ba-ni-ti | Ama-egan’e, born in a dream, what did he receive? |
| 24 | [...] ⸢x⸣ in-tu-ud ⸢x⸣-e ba-ab-gam ta šu ba-ni-ti | ... gave birth to the eše-plant, he took it away. What did he receive? |
| 25 | [...] ⸢x⸣ in-tu-ud ⸢eme₅⸣-e ba-ab-gam ta šu ba-ni-ti | ... gave birth to a ešema, a she-ass was carried away, what did she receive? |
| 26 | ⸢anše⸣ ni-is-kum in-tu-ud u₃-⸢mu-un ba-u₅⸣ ta šu ba-ni-ti | He gave birth to a donkey, the lord raised it, what did he receive? |
| 27 | ⸢anše⸣-ŋir₂-nun-na aŋ₂ kalag-ga in-tu-[ud] ⸢u₃⸣-mu-un ba-ši-la₂ | He gave birth to a mighty ešebirnuna tree, and the lord raised it. |
| 28 | [...] ⸢x⸣ šub-ŋu₁₀ ga-ar₂-ni ⸢šub⸣-ŋu₁₀ ⸢ta⸣ šu ba-ni-ti | (Sum) ... he sat down(?) (Akk) The ... of the šub priestess is his wife, he is his daughter-in-law |
| 29 | [...] ⸢šub⸣ ga-ra-ni ⸢šub⸣-ŋu₁₀ ta šu ba-ni-ti | ... his scepter, what did he receive? |
| 30 | [...] ⸢dam-ma⸣ NE-⸢NE⸣-a-ŋu₁₀ ta šu ba-ni-ti | ... the Damascus, what did he receive? |
| 31 | [...] ⸢RU⸣ [...] ⸢x x⸣-a-ŋu₁₀ ta šu ba-ni-ti | ... the ... temple ... what did he receive? |
| 32 | [...] ⸢x⸣ la TAR-a-ŋu₁₀ ta šu ba-ni-ti | ... not ... what did I receive? |
| 33 | [...] ⸢x⸣ nu-di-di-in i-wa-ŋu₁₀ nu-mu-un-til | ... did not go, did not finish Iwabu |
| r | ||
| 3 | [...]-⸢gu⸣ bi₂-in-dug₄ | ... he satisfied |
| 4 | [...]-⸢gu⸣ bi₂-in-dug₄ | ... he satisfied |
| 5 | [...] ⸢x⸣ KUN-ra-gu bi₂-in-du₁₁ | He smote the ... of the netherworld |
| 6 | ⸢er₂⸣-[šem₅-ma] diŋir-mah-a-kam | It is an eršema of the Birmah temple |
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